Global prices for food commodities like grain and vegetable oils were the highest on record last year even after falling for nine months in a row, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said, as Russia’s war in Ukraine, drought and other factors drove up inflation and worsened hunger worldwide.

A six-year-old boy has been detained by police after shooting a teacher in the US state of Virginia, officers say.

As the cast of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” celebrated the new season, they credited the show’s creator with popularizing drag and expressed concern about the protests and threats to the performance style at the heart of the long-running series.

Senior members of the Fiji 7s squad are not expected to feature at the McDonalds Fiji Coral Coast 7s next week in Sigatoka.

At least 29 people were killed during the bloody operation to arrest of the son of Mexican drugs kingpin “El Chapo”, the Mexican authorities say.

National champion Taione Sikivou is one of the favorites for the Vodafone Blitz Chess Championship in Suva next weekend.

The NGO Coalition on Human Rights has called for the immediate cessation of the rhetoric and politics of fear in this immediate post-election period as the country moves into the New Year with a new coalition government at the helm.

The Acting Director of Meteorological Services, Terry Atalifo has assured Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka that the severe weather threat for Fiji is low.

Jennifer Shah, a tearful member of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” who insisted she is not the character she plays on the show, was sentenced Friday to 6 1/2 years in prison for defrauding thousands of people, many of them vulnerable or older, in a telemarketing scam that stretched nearly a decade.

Minister for Public Works and Transport, Ro Filipe Tuisawau says his focus now is to serve all Fijians equally, despite their political affiliations.

Pop star Raye has claimed her first number one single, 18 months after splitting from the record label that refused to release her debut album.

Police in Kenya are investigating the death of young fashion designer and LGBTQ activist Edwin Chiloba after his body was found dumped in a metal box by the roadside near the town of Eldoret.